Sangay K. Mishra

Aug 5, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Ilangovan Rajasekaran |Sangay K. Mishra |Anand Mishra |T.K. Rajalakshmi

In 1925, the social reformer E.V. Ramasamy, widely known as Periyar, launched the Self-Respect Movement, a unique initiative to transform Tamil society into a rationalist, modern, and radical society by pulling it out from the mire of dehumanising casteism and religious obscurantism. Nearly a hundred years later, many of Periyar’s dreams have come true.

Jul 31, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Sangay K. Mishra |Ilangovan Rajasekaran |Anand Mishra |T.K. Rajalakshmi

The political upheaval caused initially by the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and subsequently by President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race has reconfigured the 2024 US presidential race dramatically. The media discussions after the first presidential debate, where Biden’s performance was widely considered to be terrible, became exclusively focussed on Biden’s age and declining health.